Tenth Circuit Is The Third Court To Rule Guyana-Born Lawyer Can't Run For President

Despite a trio of setbacks, a labor lawyer in Queens is still
fighting for his right to run for president even though he isn't
a natural-born citizen.

Abdul Karim Hassan has filed a series of lawsuits claiming the
Constitution's stipulation that only naturally born citizens can
run for president is discriminatory and violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment,
The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog reported Tuesday.

In his opinion, the natural-born-citizens clause "has
been trumped by the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth
Amendment of the Constitution which prohibits the sort of
national origin discrimination that is contained in the natural
born provision," Hassan wrote on his website.

Hassan's lawsuits have already been denied in the First and
Second U.S. court of appeals.

But Hassan doesn't seem too upset, telling Law Blog, "It looks
like I'm going to have to keep my day job."

Despite his recent losses, Hassan still has pending cases in the
Eighth and Ninth circuit courts. And he has a case challenging a
law that allows presidential candidates to receive public money
during primaries, according to Law Blog.

“Look, the chances are slim, but if you contribute to the
discourse, it might be worth it,” Hassan told Law Blog of his
numerous attempts to get on the ballot.

On his website, Hassan states he plans to be the Democratic
Party's candidate in 2012 and "if necessary, in 2016."